Multiple radon survey in spa of Loutra Edipsou (Greece)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-258

  Geranios, Athanasios ^a   Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Louizi, Anna ^b   Karatzi, Aikaterini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GREECE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SUMMER; THERMAL SPRING; WINTER; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; GREECE; HEALTH RESORTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 11244253745     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch392     Document Type: Article

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